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--- municipalities [2024/07/23 14:46] – [Massachusetts] yaling.hsiao@passiv.de
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 On average, about 40 % of the total energy consumption in industrialized countries is used for buildings. That is why significant improvement of the energy efficiency of buildings has considerable impact on the overall assessment of a town, municipality or urban district in terms of energy. Due to the long service life of buildings, a consistent approach is especially important in this respect.
-For more than 20 years, the Passive House Institute has committed itself to the advancement of the Passive House Standard, with which an improvement of 40 to 75 % in the energy consumption for heating and cooling of new builds can be achieved; in the case of refurbishments, reductions of 75 to 95 % are commonplace.
+Since 1996, the Passive House Institute has committed itself to the advancement of the Passive House Standard, with which an improvement of 40 to 75 % in the energy consumption for heating and cooling of new builds can be achieved; in the case of refurbishments, reductions of 75 to 95 % are commonplace.
 [{{ :picopen:bahnstadt_hd_ph_kommunen.png?450|Picture: A whole city district in Passive House standard: the new "Bahnstadt“ in Heidelberg.}}]
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 The points above are based on the [[http://www.passivehouse-international.org/download.php?cms=1&file=2014_02_13_Municipal_Climate_Protection_Press_Release.pdf/|position paper]] of the Passive House Institute regarding the use of Passive House technology as a contribution to climate protection in the building sector for cities and communities by Wolfgang Feist, March 2014. Originally published as part of the EU funded [[http://www.passreg.eu/|PassREg]] project.\\
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 =====  Municipalities lead the way: examples and case studies =====
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 |Passive House Legislation & Funding]]
+Some examples are documented in more detail here on Passipedia:
-====  Massachusetts ====
+  * The **Bahnstadt district in Heidelberg**, Germany is one of the largest Passive House settlement worldwide. Find out more about Heidelberg-Bahnstadt: [[examples:passivehosue_district#passive_house_district_heidelberg-bahnstadt|Passive House district Heidelberg-Bahnstadt]]
-The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has a building energy code which allows municipalities within Massachusetts to mandate Passive House for new residential buildings.  Here read more about [[municipalities:Massachusettes| Mandatory Passive House – The Massachusetts Story]].
+  * The Commonwealth of **Massachusetts** in the US has a building energy code which allows municipalities within Massachusetts to mandate Passive House for new residential buildings.  Read more about [[policy:Massachusettes|Mandatory Passive House – The Massachusetts Story]].
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 [[:eu_projects_publications|Overview ]]of all articles that have been written within the framework of the [[http://www.passreg.eu/|PassREg]] project
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